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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where the revolving door was fully developed






2. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






3. Known for his glass sculpture






4. The amount of light reflected by a hue






5. Pale green






6. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






7. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






8. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






9. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






10. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






11. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






12. Renowned for paintings and prints






13. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






14. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






15. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






16. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






17. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






18. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






19. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






20. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






21. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






22. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






23. Technique of shading using dots to control value






24. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






25. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






26. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






27. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






28. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






29. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






30. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






31. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






32. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






33. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






34. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






35. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






36. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






37. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






38. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






39. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






40. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






41. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






42. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






43. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






44. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






45. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






46. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






47. Application of potassium sulphide






48. Something that supports a sculpture






49. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






50. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry